British Orienteering Awards Announcement - Volunteer of the Year 2020

British Orienteering today is proud to announce the Volunteer of the Year. 

This award is presented to a volunteer who has demonstrated a commitment to supporting delivery of orienteering activity with passion, energy, and enthusiasm. 

This year’s winner is:  Caroline Mackenzie (Cleveland Orienteering Klub)

Commenting on her award Caroline says: 
“I'm delighted and honoured to have been chosen as British Orienteering's Volunteer of the Year.  I feel that this is as much a reflection on the efforts and commitment of Cleveland Orienteering Klub as on myself as an individual. 

One of the main reasons why --- after some friendly arm-twisting by the outgoing job-holder --- I agreed to take on the role of Chair of the CLOK Committee was that I knew I could count on a great deal of support from experienced, enthusiastic, and committed club members.  I'm really proud of what the club has achieved over the last year or so.  As well as doing a good job of getting back to putting on high-quality orienteering events as soon as the coronavirus restrictions allowed, the club has also found the time and energy to formulate and start implementing a strategy to secure its longer-term future.  In particular, we've appointed a Schools Development Officer to revive and expand our school development programme and obtained an Orienteering Foundation grant to help to fund a Club Development Officer to attract new people into orienteering in the Cleveland area to help to correct our ageing membership profile.  There's still a lot to do, but I'm confident we're heading in the right direction.”